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Big Bill Help
Due to a change in housemates Npower recently made us close an account and open a new one so as to add the new name to the bill. We received our first bill for £223 for one month. Our most recent bill for December to March Gas/Electricity bill is for £586 - £183 in Electricity and £475 in Gas (edit: we are on the standard…
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Huge Electricity Bill-Help
Hi. I am with Ecotricity, I live in a two bedroom flat powered solely by electricity (gas not connected to the building). Two adults live in the flat. My previous two bills were fairly high (around £200 and £285 respectively) so over the last 6 weeks we made a big effort to reduce our bill. This included having the heating…
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Ann Robinson (uSwitch) strikes again!
Britain faces the prospect of gas rationing for the first time Reserves have fallen so low they now stand at just 1.4 days of supply http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-faces-the-prospect-of-gas-rationing-for-the-first-time-8544975.html “If this dreadful weather continues for the next two or three weeks…
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Trouble with gas billing
Hi all I'm having trouble with my gas account and wondered if you could advise. I moved into a new build property in jun 2012. At that time meter readings for both gas and elec were taken by Taylor Wimpey however this was done by the sales rep and NOT in my presence. I was told that british gas were my supplier and that it…
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Npower doubled my direct debit
Hi I have just phoned Npower. I have dual fuel with them; contract ends October 2013. I can't remember when it started - thought it was summer last year. My direct debit for dual fuel has gone up from £55 to £96 because I have a balance of £182.18. I think this is unreasonable. I was with EON before and they were more fair…
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Switching from duel fuel to single tariff?
Any body done this? We are just about to move from a place with duel fuel to somewhere that has just mains electric - we will have bottled gas to cook with and an oil fired rayburn already installed. I cant compare on websites because: A) We swapped suppliers back along so we dont have a true estimate of consumption to…
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British Gas Dual MPAN Mix Up Economy 10 Help Required
I really need some help. I have just moved in to a property with British Gas. There was some delay in getting electric connected so I complained. I am being told the Property has two MPANs and British Gas dont support that. The property has a heat wise economy 10 meter. ( Even though british gas have supplied electric…
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communal heating question
Hi I am going to be buying a flat soon that has a communal heating system. Was just wondering if anyone could give me any info on it. Is it cheaper? How comparable is it to that of a regular bill? its a new build and the salesman mentioned a £30 monthly charge for it. If i remember that's on top of whatever your usage is.…
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How much I pay?
I have spent all of 2 hours searching online to find out what i pay per unit on my gas and electric. On my npower online it says this is my tariff and i live in the ls12 area Energy Online Oct 2013 24Hr Energy Online Oct 2013 NGT. Can anyone help me?
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Concerned re possible meter read error
Hello all. I'm new to this forum and looking for advice. I transferred my dual energy supply over 18 months ago to Sainsburys Energy (British Gas) and submitted the final readings to my then supplier SSE and Sainsburys. I checked the first bill, which was correct and agreed with the final reads on the SSE bill. However, my…
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Npower Bill (Don't understand it!)
Hi all, I am quite sure I am on a fixed deal with Npower and have been paying a Direct Debit every month for £35. However I have just received a bill online saying- Account Balance £135 Your new payment has been calculated as £70 Does this mean my DD payment has doubled?! I know it's still not that expensive compared to…
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British Gas Blocking
Hello All apologies if this is a repeat. I current have BG as my supplier for electricity, there is no gas at the property. After some shockingly shocking service from BG I decided, back in January, to switch to a different supplier. I contacted the new company and arranged the switch over. A few day letter I was contacted…
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Cheapest gas..
l know this question has been asked lots of times before but how do l do a search for the cheapest gas suppliers, l've just had my gas bill :eek: and it seems to be alot more than expected.. l'm with E ON at the moment and do not understand how they work bills out.. There seems to be a calculated price of gas used from…
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Cheapeast supplier with 0 cancellation fee?
I'm finding it hard to find the cheapest supplier with a £0 cancellation fee. Me and my partner have just bought a house and it needs utilities supplying for around 3 months whilst we do it up before we move in (current tenancy isn't up until end of June). I'll be transferring my current fixed contract over to that address…
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How long should a boiler last - consumer Law?
A boiler fitted in 2008, whose installer has gone bump, has problems. Some water is leaking onto a circuit board. I dont know whether there is a warranty (its not my boiler). How long should a boiler be expected to last in consumer law. Any help appreciated :j
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Prepay Gas - paying too much?
Last week I moved into a new house that has prepayment electricity and gas meters. So far (in 8 days) I've had to put £20 in the electricity and £80 for gas. Although I've never had prepay meters before, surely this is a crazy amount for one week? There's still £14 left in the electric but I'll need to put another £20 in…
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Moving home, will be going from storage heaters to gas central heating, how much?
We are moving home, and right now I'm in a one bedroom flat with storage heaters, they are well too expensive that we don't use them and use oil filled radiators instead. However when we move we are going to find somewhere with gas central heating, In the winter if I had this on for enough time, (not sure on how long it'll…
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Ditching storage heater for electric blanket?
We live in a 2 bedroom flat and are using around 45 Units per night at the moment, and I am hoping to reduce that somehow. I am thinking of trying to trying to stop using the storrage heater in the master bedroom, and buy a good quality electric blanket. Me and my other half are not very compatible when it comes to heat…
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Top up online
I'm disabled and am currently with bg who supply a USB top up device for gas and elec I was thinking of switching but cannot seem to find any info on any other suppliers sight about this is bg the only company doing this ? Thx in advance
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Main Fuse - why?
Please tell me what this may be caused by: My CH boiler broke down so I am using halogen heaters now, 400W each bar, until new boiler installation in few weeks. I am in small 1 bed flat with modern electricity switch box. Some time ago when 3 bars were on, after putting a kettle on fuses shut, and a socket switch too. The…
